Jon Thomas

Jon Thomas' career began 45 years ago as a funeral director and embalmer in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. At age 25, he built Jordan-Thomas Funeral Home, which had grown to more than 400 calls when he sold it nine years later to take a position as vice-president in charge of marketing & acquisitions for Case Holdings, a position he held for seven years.

A taste for acquisitions led him into Cem-A-Care, an entrepreneurial venture that bought or built 11 cemeteries, 10 funeral homes, and 2 crematories. During his seven years as President/CEO, he was responsible for acquisitions, construction of cemeteries & funeral homes, and for preneed sales.

Elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1970, re-elected in 1972, and then elected to the Florida State Senate in 1974, he served as Chairman of the Health & Rehabilitative Services Committee, Broward County Legislative Delegation, and served on the Appropriations and Commerce Committees.

Since 1986, he has focused on Thomas-Pierce & Company, a team of industry professionals providing succession-planning services to cemetery and funeral home owners. His 8 years as an elected official and 45 years in the death care industry have given him unparalleled negotiation skills and expertise in funeral home and cemetery valuation, sales, and acquisitions.